Former Jersey City boxer Arturo Gatti changed his will just weeks before his death to leave everything, including a $1 million life insurance policy, to his wife -- the woman who was initially suspected of killing him -- according to an explosive report on the CBS News Web site "Crimesider.''
According to the report, Gatti's brother Fabrizio confirmed the account of family friend and sports journalist Jeremy Filosa, who told the Canadian Press that on June 17, Gatti and wife Amanda Rodrigues changed the ex-boxer's will, leaving his full inheritance in her name.
"Everything that Arturo Gatti owns -- past, present and future -- goes to his wife,'' Filosa is quoted as saying. "Nothing goes to his children or mother or brothers or sisters.''
Further, Rodrigues was named executor of his will and stands to receive $1 million from a life insurance policy, Filosa is quoted as saying.
Gatti was found dead in a Brazilian hotel room on July 11.
Initially, police accused Rodrigues of strangling him with her pursestrap, but they later rejected that theory and said Gatti had killed himself.
Gatti's family and friends, however, believe the initial allegations and had the boxer's body exhumed for a second autopsy in Canada, aided by famed pathologist Michael Baden.
The second autopsy rekindled talk of murder.
Gatti's friends in Jersey City have held two memorial services for him, one at St. Nicholas Church and the other, attended by actor Mickey Rourke, at St. John the Baptist Church.
http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2009/08/gatti_changed_will_just_before.html
According to the report, Gatti's brother Fabrizio confirmed the account of family friend and sports journalist Jeremy Filosa, who told the Canadian Press that on June 17, Gatti and wife Amanda Rodrigues changed the ex-boxer's will, leaving his full inheritance in her name.
"Everything that Arturo Gatti owns -- past, present and future -- goes to his wife,'' Filosa is quoted as saying. "Nothing goes to his children or mother or brothers or sisters.''
Further, Rodrigues was named executor of his will and stands to receive $1 million from a life insurance policy, Filosa is quoted as saying.
Gatti was found dead in a Brazilian hotel room on July 11.
Initially, police accused Rodrigues of strangling him with her pursestrap, but they later rejected that theory and said Gatti had killed himself.
Gatti's family and friends, however, believe the initial allegations and had the boxer's body exhumed for a second autopsy in Canada, aided by famed pathologist Michael Baden.
The second autopsy rekindled talk of murder.
Gatti's friends in Jersey City have held two memorial services for him, one at St. Nicholas Church and the other, attended by actor Mickey Rourke, at St. John the Baptist Church.
http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2009/08/gatti_changed_will_just_before.html
